Charles had a wild hunch-was it Clara again?

"Who are you looking for?" he asked.

"My wife, Clara."

"Oh, your wife." The words slipped out casually, but then he practically squeaked, "Wait, who? Your wife? Since when did you get married? Who's the unlucky woman who'd marry a stiff like you? Oh, Clara-what?! Clara again?!"

He realized he'd let something slip and reached for his pen to knock some sense into himself, but the guy on the other end must've picked up on it, because the call cut off right away.

Charles swore under his breath and tried calling back, but no answer.

Man, that guy was sharp-just one slip and he already figured someone was looking for him.

Putting his phone away, Charles headed upstairs, dragging the doctor along to Clara's room.

"Heal her. Do whatever it takes, just wake her up, now."

the back of his neck. "Young master, I told you just wait. She'll

to wake up now. Don't you have any medicine or something? Give her a

scary, honestly. Back in the underground fight club, plenty of grown men went down after getting

when Clara on the bed slowly opened her

the doctor aside and hurried over. "Clara, you're finally awake! Do you know who I am? Wait-do you know who you are? You're not... you didn't lose your

up slowly, looking around the room before her

doctor watched her carefully, something about her eyes making him uneasy -they were too clear,

enough, the next second Clara looked

processing. When it finally clicked, he grabbed the doctor and

hell? Is she brain-damaged now? You better explain—she's really important to

she thinks you're her brother, which isn't actually a bad thing. You haven't gotten through to Dylanget, have you?

She's not like

cared about his dogs, listened to his two older brothers, and couldn't be bothered

days. For now, I'll just let Clara get used to having me as her brother She'll get attached, and then Dylan won't stand a chance. Besides, when we were abroad, he and

nodded but warned, "Just don't

Chesters, originally to look after the two eldest. If anything ever

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